LukeMGraphics
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FIRST STEP: Be in control!
Luke.
- Comfort: Make sure that you are in a comfortable position in your chair that enables you to easily move your hands and arms around.
- Mouse Sensitivity: Make sure that your mouse is at the perfect sensitivity so that you have the ability to turn quickly if your opponent is strafing. You also want it so that you can be accurate with the bow.
- Organising your inventory: Make sure that you use the hot keys 1,2,3 and 4 to your advantage. These keys are the easiest to reach, and therefore, you should put things like swords, fishing rods, bows and flint and steel in these slots. Also make sure that you empty your inventory of unnecessary junk every now and then
- In full iron, a critical hit with an iron sword takes away two hearts - two and a half hearts.
- With no armour, a stone sword does around 4 hearts of damage, with a critical hit!
- Bow Damage: A fully drawn back bow will do around 2 hearts of damage to an enemy in full iron. A half drawn back bow will do around half of a full shot. A single drawn back bow (A spam shot) will only do half a heart, Don't overestimate the power of a half drawn back bow, however don't underestimate it.
- Flint and Steel: If a person runs into a flint and steel, they will experience 8 'ticks' of damage. Each tick does around 1/2 a heart, depending on armour.
- Blocking: Blocking is extremely important for teaming, and defending. Blocking absorbs half the damage you would normally take from a hit.
- Spawn: GO TO SPAWN CHESTS. Every single spawn chest is a tier 2 chest, and you will get the most valuable loot out of these chests. If you get a weapon out of one of these chests, feel free to spawn kill people, because they will also have looted the tier 2 chests.
- Routes: Establish good chest routes on all maps. A way to do this is by firstly playing the map a few times. If you find a tier 2 chest try and remember the exact location of it. Then search the area for more chests. Chest routes should either have a few tier 2 chests or a large number of tier 1 chests (make sure there are tier 2's.) You can also download some maps off the forums to help you find chests.
- What to take: Too often I see people leaving valuable items behind in chests such as sticks, flint and feathers. All of these materials can be used to make things such as arrows, flint and steel, and weapons, so TAKE THEM. I also recommend taking weapons that deal the same amount of damage as the weapon you possess, same goes for armour. Make sure you burn stuff that isn't useful for you, but might be useful for another player.
- Sword Strategies: The most important fighting and sword strategies follow: Strafing, critical hits and block hitting. All these strats will help your chances of winning battles. I strongly recommend block hitting when fighting in a massive ruck.
- Fishing Rod: Use the fishing rod to get good combos on another player. When approaching someone release your rod so it knocks them back. This disorientates them, and allows you to get more hits than they can. Fishing rods can also be used to boost a teammate, to boost yourself, to stuff up someone's running, and to fend someone off.
- Bow: Make sure you have a crosshair that enhances your bow shooting. I prefer the defscape crosshair. When in bow combat make sure you fully pull back your bow, and strafe to the left or right everytime you shoot, so your enemy has a harder time hitting you. If you know you are about to take an arrow to the face, quickly block your sword, so it only does half the damage. If you feel like you aren't getting enough hits with the bow, run away for a bit, then try again.
- Flint and Steel: Make sure you don't show off your flint and steel too much before you use it, as the player will know you are about to use it, and won't be fooled when you place it on the ground. Have it in the fourth, 3rd or second slot for easy access. Remember if someone is one fire, they will also run slower. Use flint and steel as a defensive mechanism. DONT use it as attack, you will end up placing down in front of you and running through it. If you are low and you light someone on fire, don't rush in, they still have more health than you, instead use their slowness to retreat, or fire arrows at them.
- Water fights: Don't just jump into the water when you see someone on the other side of the shore. They might have a bow, which they could easily use to kill you. Instead, wait for them. In water melee fights, travel underneath your opponent, as their hit-box is low on their body.
Luke.
